A pipeline pumping oil to tankers was blown up in Russia

On the night of April 6, in the Rostov region of Russia, a pipeline through which oil products were loaded onto tankers was blown up.

Currently, the loading of tankers is suspended, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.

«On the night of April 6, 2024, in the area of the settlement of Azov (Rostov region), the pipeline, which was used to pump oil products from the local oil depot to tankers in the port area of the Azov Seaport, was blown up,» the message reads.

According to intelligence, the loading of tankers with petroleum products has been suspended indefinitely.

«The facility was used by the aggressor state for military purposes, to support the waging of a genocidal war against Ukraine,» the MDI added.

It will be recalled that the Russian government has banned the export of gasoline to other countries since March 1. The restrictions were imposed after a series of attacks by the Ukrainian army on oil refineries and accidents, the consequences of which cannot be quickly overcome due to Western sanctions.

We will remind you that the Security Service of Ukraine is behind the attack on the Afip refinery in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. The enterprise provided fuel to the Russian troops.

The attack on the plant took place on the night of October 29, 2023. Witnesses reported hearing a sound «like a lawnmower» before the fire started, followed by an explosion.

Also, on the morning of January 19 , an oil depot caught fire in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation. The local authorities announced an attack by a Ukrainian drone.

On the night of January 31, a drone attacked the Nevskyi Mazut oil refinery in St. Petersburg, Russia.

And on the night of January 21, the Novatek chemical terminal caught fire in the port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad region of the Russian Federation. A large gas storage facility was damaged. The Russian Federation claims that the fire broke out as a result of an attack by two drones.